Human Resource Management: A Contemporary Approach, 8th edition

Offer your students a thorough review of the contemporary issues and debates surrounding Human Resource Management.

Human Resource Management, 8^th edition is an essential learning tool for your students who prepare for a future career in the field of HRM.

Highly engaging and readable, the text seeks to raise critical awareness of HRM through its chapters, combining research-informed theory with practical insights into the subject.

From globalisation and BREXIT to the green agenda, the textbook provides a range of topics and features that will encourage your students to develop their critical thinking skills, making it an ideal resource to support your teaching requirements for the course.

• Introductory and concluding case studies for use in seminars to stimulate interest and provoke thought
• Self-test questions for students in each chapter
• Explore sections for the reader to consider how theories, models and concepts apply to various types of workplaces
• ‘Key controversies’ which extract contentious issues and invite the reader to formulate their own viewpoint

New and updated features of this title

Changes in the content reflect the new developments in the field of HRM both in theory and practice

• Updates in chapters provide a critical reflection of significant contemporary events that have taken place since the previous edition.
• New content discusses the aftermath of the financial crisis that is affecting many Western Economies.
• New chapter considers the impact of Brexit, with predictions over the uncertainty in the business world that UK s decision to leave the EU has caused.
• Extensive coverage of the green agenda on HRM.

Extensive references debate the evolution of HRM on a global scale

• Chapters offer continuous exploration of issues in the operation of HRM, raised by globalisation, and the emerging economies of China and India.
• An ongoing discussion on the ways multinational companies influence HRM concepts and practices across the globe, as well as the national and international policy environments HRM operates.